Global distribution can be economically fulfilled by opening a Web site and a logistics company.
Direct channels help airlines save significant commissions by skipping intermediaries like GDS (Global Distribution System) and online travel agencies.
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Recently, Microchip entered into a global distribution agreement with Arrow Electronics, Inc.
He says the world has completely opened up, and global distribution has commoditized.
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Derived from multiple proxies with global distribution, the PI provides independent evidence of the warming observed in the thermometer-based record.
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Peer-to-peer networks use the millions of PCs worldwide to create a significantly dumber but much larger version of Akamai's global distribution network.
Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel (No. 4) and Australian mega-bank Westpac CEO, Gail Kelly (No. 8), reflect a growing global distribution of power.
In Dublin in late October CEO Reed Hastings set out a long-term vision for Netflix that embraced global distribution and mobile devices.
Though both produce many "free" and "not free" phones, they are insulated by their diverse product lines, global distribution and economies of scale, he says.
It also has the best global distribution network in the industry.
Nokia is one of the largest smartphone makers in the world with one of the best global distribution networks, in particular in rapidly growing emerging markets.
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They monitor news media, government agencies, airline Global Distribution System, corporate data bases, the Centers For Disease Control and foreign health organizations, police, fire and many foreign outlets.
This will increase by an additional 1, 100 as the Liberty successor, which will be produced in Toledo, is introduced for global distribution in the second quarter of 2013.
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Under his leadership, the Ultrasound division has delivered a continuous stream of innovation, expanded into new clinical applications and dramatically broadened global distribution to achieve an annual double-digit growth rate since 1995.
American has focused energy on disputing the online distribution of its flight tickets with the Global Distribution System Travelport and its affiliated website Orbitz, and the battle has now landed in court.
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Airlines have already been attempting to reduce the distribution costs by bypassing the Global Distribution System and encouraging the OTAs to connect directly to their servers and by selling air tickets themselves on their websites.
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The online travel website has seen better quarters, with higher taxes, increased spending on technology and content, and a push and pull between airlines and global distribution systems that took a toll in the last quarter of 2010.
The Fort-Worth based airline filed a lawsuit in Texas State court in Tarrant County Jan. 10 against Sabre, the travel network that operates one of the global distribution systems (GDS) that American has claimed is a costly way to continue doing business.
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American Airlines, owned by parent AMR Corporation, has picked up an antitrust battle against Sabre Holdings, a global distribution system that provides flight data to third-party ticket agents and websites, saying its business practices are anti-competitive and not in the interest of the consumer.
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Well besides a company that's losing money like crazy (to the tune of two million dollars a day), they're getting a license to sell handsets under the Siemens brand name for the next five years, as well as access to Siemens' global distribution network and carrier relationships.
While the stock price has doubled over the past year (it will split 2-for-1 in late May), Longbow Research's David S. MacGregor likes that the company is active in the growing South and that it operates both a recycling business and a global distribution operation that can offset downturns in domestic steel demand.
Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) is a leading integrated global media and entertainment company with operating units that provide premium subscription video programming on domestic U.S. pay television channels (Starz Channels), global content distribution (Starz Distribution) and animated television and movie production (Starz Animation), www.starz.com.
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Distribution of global runoff is highly uneven and corresponds poorly to the distribution of the world population.
Today, Optogan is successfully selling its products and building a global and domestic distribution network.
With over 1.7 billion downloads, we can reach a far wider and more engaged global audience than traditional distribution would allow.
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"Oshkosh is meeting weak market conditions head-on by investing in global initiatives to improve distribution in key international growth markets and reducing costs across all businesses, " said CEO Robert Bohn.
Gunn likes low-cost global producers with efficient distribution systems.
Frankfort noted the company's strong results reflect the increasing recognition of the Coach brand globally as well as a positive consumer response to the product offerings, and he said the company should continue to report solid results on the top and bottom lines through a combination of global productivity gains and distribution growth.
DirecTV would be the capstone for the global content-and-distribution empire that Murdoch has spent several decades putting together.
The new global television program production and distribution division will have a bicoastal presence at Sony Pictures headquarters in Los Angeles, CA and Discovery Communications headquarters in Silver Spring, MD.
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